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Corporate and High Net Worth Giving in the time of COVID-19: A 4-part Insights Series (part 2)

Insight number two: A chance to re-think corporate volunteering The charity fundraising landscape was already experiencing rumblings of c...

Corporate and High Net Worth Giving in the time of COVID-19: A 4-part Insights Series (part 1)

The charity fundraising landscape was already experiencing rumblings of change over the past few years – and now Covid has brought things to

"A golden learning opportunity": Monitoring, evaluation and learning during COVID-19

In this time of crisis, speed has been of the essence to reach vulnerable communities. We previously explored how non-profits are rapidly...

“A marathon not a sprint”: Conversations with a disaster relief specialist about COVID-19

For many of us, COVID-19 will have been the first all-affecting crisis we’ve been through where all aspects of ordinary life are fundamen...

Funding in the time of COVID-19: supporting grantees through the crisis

As countries brace themselves for the economic fallout of COVID-19, youth employability, already a pressing issue, is set to be more urge...

Non-profit voices from the ground during COVID-19

These are unprecedented and challenging times around the globe for all countries, sectors, and communities. In Singapore, the non-profit ...

Catching those who fall through the cracks: how SPOs and funders are fighting youth unemployment

A few decades ago, the average young person in Asia could expect a bright future ahead with the advent of universal education and economi...

How do we reach them? 3 ideas to connect to out-of-school youth (#4 in youth employability series)

A perennial challenge of working with out of school youth is how to reach them in the first place. Once out of the formal schooling syste...

How do they do it? Hatch-ing careers for everyone (#3 in youth employability series)

Employers are starting to break out of conventional thinking to design placement programmes for out-of-school youths in order to meet the...

Farewell Wen Yi: trusted advisor, wonderful friend

As we see 2019 out, we also bid a heartfelt farewell to our director and founding member, Wen Yi. As fellow founding member Emily says: “...

Taking monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) to the next level

One of our new year’s resolutions at Just Cause is to take our work on monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) to the next level. Over ...

What makes a successful placement programme? (#2 in youth employability series)

All youth need a nurturing environment and sense of belonging as they come of age, to empower them to discover and develop their interest...

Understanding out-of-school youth (#1 in youth employability series)

Youth are the future of society - as well as one of its biggest mysteries. Older generations often complain about not being able to under...

Meet Qin-Liang: "Poking my nose into community development"

Qin-Liang joined Just Cause for an internship this year and very quickly proved himself to be a superstar. For someone at the very start ...

Social entrepreneur residencies and impact research collective – Two ideas to support the arts

In our latest Giving Guides to the sports and arts sectors in Singapore, Just Cause identified a wide range of exciting and untapped oppo...

Climate Change is a critical issue for donors

Yesterday, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report on the impacts of #climate change. It outlin...

Our Giving Guide: Insights to support more impactful giving

Philanthropic donors are increasingly using their capital to tackle social and environmental issues in Southeast Asia. Yet many do not kn...

Demystifying impact management with our Jargon Buster

What do we mean by impact? What is the difference between outputs and outcomes? What do we mean by impact management? There's a lot of ja...

Building a community of impact in Singapore

With many organisations in the sector wrestling with the idea of 'impact' and 'impact management', we think there is value in pooling our...

"Charities must address long-term structural issues"

Kwan Jin Yao's letter (Charities must address long-term structural issues) to the Straits Times Forum on Tuesday resonated with us at Jus...

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